All the government offices, banks and educational institutions remained closed as the state government declared the day as a public holiday.
Church services were held all over the state, giving thanks to God for spreading his word and salvation to the tribals, earlier primitive and animists.
On this day in 1894, the two Missionaries - Rev. J.H. Lorrain, fondly called by the Mizos as Pu Buanga and Rev. F.W. Savidge, known to the Mizos as Sap Upa arrived at Sairang village, about 30 km west from Aizawl, by boat.
The missionaries not only imparted education to the Mizos, but also converted them to Christianity and Mizoram has become a Christian dominated state and the second most literate state in the country.
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